Thursday, July 21, 2016

July 21, 2016 Ridley's Believe It Or Not Racial Harmony Day (Singapore

Ridley’s
Believe It Or Not For July 21, 2016.Unfortunately still 183 days to go in President Obama’s pathetic lame duck term
and 230 days since hiding Hillary has held a formal press conference; Ted Cruz committed
hopefully political suicide by not rambling for 21 minutes at the RNC without
endorsing Donald Trump and was finally booed off the stage; sadly his speech
and the media attention today overshadowed a great performance by Mike Pence; this
RNC has been plagued by missteps like the controversy over Melania’s speech
containing some plagiarisms on Michelle Obama’s 2008 convention speech that
have clouded the performances of Chris Christie or Rudy Giuliani; one can only
hope that Trump hits it out of the park tonight because the Blues will have
their A-team totally unified for their convention next week; in a just what we
do not need again moment North Miami police wound an unarmed black caregiver
for an autistic child who was lying on his back with both hands up in the air
next to his patient (no wonder minorities have a problem with police); in
another reminder that despite Obama’s assurances to the contrary ISIS is nowhere
near contained as Brazilian police arrested 10 ISIS linked jihadists who were
planning an attack during the Rio Summer Olympics; Erdogan has been granted sweeping
powers to curb dissent following the failed coup.

As always, I
hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Vaughn
Monroe, factoids of interest, a relevant quote from Robin Williams on the
anniversary of his birthday while looking to avoiding any junk food, blessed
with a positive attitude and secure
in the knowledge that if you want to find a gift for any memorable events
like birthdays, weddings, or anniversaries, you know that the Alaskanpoet
can provide you with a unique customized poem at a great price
tailored to the event and the recipient. You need only contact me for details.

1. Racial
Harmony Day (Singapore)—a
observance dedicated to restoring harmony between the Malay and Chinese
populations of Singapore to insure that the 1964 Race Riots that occurred on
this day never occur again.

2. Get To Know Your Customer Day—customers are the life blood of
any business large or small and any business that does not learn its customers’
needs, preferences and dislikes is doomed to fail.

3. 1949 Number One Song—celebrating the number
one song in 1949 on a long run of 11 weeks in that position “Ghost Riders in
the Sky” by Vaughn Monroe. Here is a link to Vaughn Monroe performing the song.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHo6ug6yAmw4. National Junk Food Day—given the growing obesity in Americans
and the high intake of salt, this is definitely a holiday that should not be
celebrated or observed.

5. The
Laugh on the Outside Cry on the Inside—celebrating the birthday on this day
in 1951 of a great comic and actor Robin Williams who despite all his fame and
income suffered from depression and bouts of alcoholism and took his own life
on August 11, 2014.

On this day in:

a. 356 B.C. the
Temple of Artemis, on the Seven Wonders of the World, located at Ephesus in
present day Turkey was destroyed by fire.

b. 1904 Louis
Rigoly broke the 100 mph barrier in a Gobron-Brillie.

c. 1949 the U.S. Senate ratified the North
Atlantic Treaty which created NATO to check and contain Soviet expansion in
Europe.

d. 1970 after 11
years of construction, the Aswan High Dam in Egypt was completed.

e. 2012 Erden
Eruc became the first person to complete a solo human powered circumnavigation of the world after a 4i, 167
miles in five years, 11 days, 22 hours and five minutes using a row boat, sea
kayak, canoe, bicycle and his feet as the modes of transportation.

A classic example of
Robin Williams’ humor that has caused over the years millions upon millions to
laugh until their sides hurt: “What kind of food did we drop on Afghanistan?
Pop-Tarts, peanut butter…just add a Honey Baked Ham and you've got a redneck
Christmas. Why are we dropping this food on Afghanistan? Tastes a hell of a lot
better than dirt, #1. #2, difficult to have a call to jihad with a mouth full
of peanut butter. Thirdly, Afghanistan is a hashish-smoking culture, and anyone
who's ever been a friend of the hookah will go, (intense, stoned stare)
"Pop-Tarts!" Robin Williams His death was such a waste, but maybe his
discovery of the early signs of Parkinson’s disease was too much for him.Please
enjoy the poems on events of interest on my twitter account below (if you like
them, retweet andfollow
me) and follow my blogs. Always good, incisive and entertaining poems on my
blogs—click on the links below. Go to www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com for Ridley’s Believe It Or Not—This Day In
History, poems to inspire, touch, emote, elate and enjoy and poems on
breaking news items of importance or go to Ridley's Believe It Or Notfor just This Day
in History.

About Me

Raised in a small fishing village in Alaska, Petersburg,in the 40's and 50's. Returned in the 60's to fish commercially on purse seiners for six summers. Graduate of Stanford class of 69 with great distinction, Yale Law School class of 72, For many years an experienced, efficient, and creative lawyer and adviser providing venture capital, corporate and transactional legal services to start-ups and emerging private and public companies. Published poet, customized poems for memorable events, creator of Ridley's Believe It Or Not--This Day in History (daily factoids, holidays, quotes and often a short poem), and daily tweets in 140 iambic bytes on news of day and in the process of publishing North to Alaska--Islands of Stability in Seas of Change. Contact me have created a unique customized poem for any memorable event or to impress a loved one networking events. mridley@octechlaw.com, www.octechlaw.com, linkedin.com/in/octechlaw.com, twitter.com/alaskanpoet,
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